[TR] Upcoming long range trip

[dave northrup]

If you want to read about a great series of trips in a TR6, look at the recent issue of 6 Pack magazine.  There is an article about our trip, on Route 66, from Dallas to Tucumcari to Kingman (with a stop at the Grand Canyon), then up through Las Vegas and on to Reno.

Upcoming issues will detail Hot August Nights, then Reno to Bryce Canyon to Four Corners to Taos then back to Dallas.  Included in this adventure is the British Auto Owners of Albuquerque British car weekend in Taos.  Those people put on a great weekend if you ever have the chance to join them.

About 4000 miles of adventure, all in our 72 TR6

We were able to do it in chunks, all the while storing the car at my daughter’s house in Reno before bringing it home

From: Triumphs <triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Greg Lemon
Sent: Tuesday, May 9, 2023 12:32 AM
To: Dave Connitt <dconnitt at fuse.net>
Cc: Triumphs <Triumphs at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] Upcoming long range trip

Good to hear about someone getting good use out of their Triumph.  Hard to explain, but the total sensory overload of a day out in an old British sports car with the top down on the highway is a good way to clear your head and reboot the old noggin.

Greg Lemon
TR250

On Mon, May 8, 2023, 9:52 PM Dave Connitt <dconnitt at fuse.net<mailto:dconnitt at fuse.net>> wrote:
Hi list,
I want to pass on an upcoming Triumph trip we are about to start. I own a 1967 TR4-IRS that I finished restoring back in 2015. I restored it for reliability and not so much to be “another pretty face” at car shows.
Anyway, our local club (TriState Triumphs) does monthly “spirited drives” after the salt is gone. After one of our recent drives we were partaking in an adult beverage and one of the guys announced that one of his “bucket list” goals was to drive his TR6 up Pikes Peak. Well, we all looked at each other and asked, “when when are we leaving?” So the main group of 5 TR6’s and one Lotus Elese are leaving July 3 from Cincinnati to Kansas City the first day and continuing on to Manitou Springs, Co. the second day traveling west on I-70. Colleen and I are leaving for Nashville,Tn. on May 26, then west on I-40 through Little Rock, then Oklahoma City, then Amarillo, Tx. to our nephew in Edgewood, NM. After a few days there we are driving north to Manitou Springs, Co.
We have plans beyond that but we’ll talk about them later.
Can’t wait to get on the road!
Dave Connitt


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